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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

Jun 15, 2026

Çinla and Jennifer interview Aida Ramos, Professor of Economics at the University of Dallas, about her work on Jonathan Swift's economic thought, Sir James Steuart, Adam Smith, as well as Oikonomos, her new undergraduate journal in the history of economic thought. 


May 15, 2026

To celebrate our 100th episode, Jennifer, Çınla, and François welcome back former co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak to discuss the past, present, and future of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast


Apr 15, 2026

In this episode, François, Jennifer, and Çınla speak with Benoît Walraevens, Lecturer in Economics at the University of Caen Normandy, about his work on Adam Smith, John Rawls, and Thomas Piketty. 


Mar 15, 2026

Çınla, François, and Jennifer interview Paul Dudenhefer, Managing Editor of both Politics & Society, a quarterly journal published by Sage, and History of Political Economy, the leading journal in the history of economic thought. Paul has spent much of his career in or around Duke University’s Center for the...


Feb 15, 2026

Jennifer and François Allisson chat with Verena Halsmayer, University Assistant in the Department of History at the University of Vienna. The conversation focuses on Dr. Halsmayer’s award-winning book, Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow's Model as an Artifact (Cambridge University Press, 2024), which explores the...